That’s CSN Chicago’s Aggrey Sam with news on Derrick Rose’s new deal, which Yahoo! Sports’ Adrian Wojnarowski followed up on. Woj reported late Friday night that the deal features a guaranteed $185 million over 13 years, and incentives are what pushes it over the top into that $200-plus range.

You know, in case you think that Rose isn’t really making all that much with the $185 million. Don’t worry yourselves, he won’t starve.

My first thought when I saw this, and thinking about how much money that is, was to vomit and wonder what I’ve been doing with my life. Second thought was to wonder for those with deals that are even a fraction of this deal’s, why those players still demand max contracts. If you’re already taken care of, why not sacrifice to make sure the team can build around you which will make you win more and have your popularity go even higher so you can get even more money? Rose’s deal pays him an average of over $14 million per year. That’s nearly a max salary on its own!

The answer is complicated. One, there’s never enough money, there just isn’t. You adjust to your means and will always feel like you need more to cover the upgrades you give your life. It’s just how people work. Two, agents drive these deals, and Rose’s just hit the jackpot. And three, it’s a status consideration. Rose is a max player, with a massive endorsement deal. It’s a reflection of where he stands in the NBA, business wise.

And really, versus his MVP which was bitterly divided among people that don’t just watch highlight clips, you have to just feel good for the kid. This was a situation where a kid comes out of one of the worst neighborhoods, builds his way up, and makes enough money to never have to worry himself or his family ever again (provided he doesn’t go “Brewster’s Millions” on it, which Rose doesn’t seem like the type to do). He was born with a gift, he worked his face off, and he’s made it to the very top financially. That’s America. This is where those things happen. For all the faults with our society, our government, our culture, our people, this is genuinely something good. We think of athlete money as money for jewelry and cars. (And Rose will spend it on those, too; he’s 23, what would you do with $14 million when you were 23?) But his entire family is set for life. His grandkids, should he choose to have them, will be set.

The money is ridiculous, and it is ridiculously awesome. He may not need all of it, but he’s earned it.

Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to go try and find some blogger endorsements.

The throwbacks started with Cleveland’s Larry Nance Jr. going quick-change to pay tribute to his father, the 1984 winner of the Dunk Contest.

Nance later had the best dunk of the night, but it wasn’t enough in the face of Utah’s Donovan Mitchell‘s strong and consistent night highlight by his throwback dunk — donning a Vince Carter Toronto dinosaur jersey and doing VC’s famed 360 dunk — which got Mitchell the 48 points he needed to hold-off Nance and win the contest. It was over.

“Growing up I was a big dunker,” Mitchell said. “I wasn’t really much of a basketball player. I just dunked and played defense, and I watched a lot of Vince’s videos. I’ve been seeing what he’s been doing all year at his age, which is incredible.

“So I figured, you know, at my size if I was able to get it, it would be a great dunk and a way to finish it, you know. And actually, funny story is I haven’t made that dunk in like half a year. I tried it in practice the past two days and tried it this morning, didn’t make it. Tried it last night, didn’t make it… But to be able to make it was why I was so excited.”

Earlier in the night, Mitchell had done another tribute worn a Darrell Griffith jersey — Utah’s Dr. Dunkenstien, who went to Louisville like Mitchell — for an off-the-side-of-the-backboard jumping over Kevin Hart dunk.

“You know, just knowing your history, I think, is the biggest thing,” Mitchell said of the throwbacks. “Just understanding where this game originated, I guess the OGs of the game, I guess you would call it. But just understanding. Even if it’s just dunking. Whether it’s dunking in the NBA in general, Darrell Griffith, we went to the same school in college. I know Darrell very well. Both got drafted by the Jazz, and he was an incredible player. To be able to pay homage to him meant a lot to me.”

For my money, Nance had the dunk of the night, his first in the Finals, a double off-the-backboard throwdown that you had to see on replay to get (it wasn’t as evident in the building what he had done until it was re-shown on the big screen).

It was a fun contest all night long.

Mitchell (the leader in the Rookie of the Year race) started it off brilliantly — he brought out a second backboard, and did a self-alley-oop off one to the other.

Larry Nance Jr. did his tribute to his father with his first dunk, and on his second one came from behind the backboard, going around the world, and threw it down hard. That got him into the Finals.

Oladipo missed all three of his dunks in the first round, which almost doomed his night. He, however, did a dunk wearing the Black Panther mask for his second dunk, which impressed.

Mitchell said he wanted to beat Dennis Smith Jr. because the Mavericks’ point guard had beaten him in dunk contests for years. Smith had one monster dunk, when he went between the legs and threw it down hard and got the full 50. It just wasn’t enough to get Smith to the Finals.

Nance started off the final round by bringing out his father again to throw an alley-oop to a windmill. Mitchell responded with a self-alley-oop to a windmill that was flat-out wicked. That got Mitchell a 50-46 lead after one round of the Finals.